118 FOREST TREES OF NX3RTH AMERICA. 



214. Coccoloba uvifera, Jaoqnin, 



Amer. 112; t. 73. Ctertner, Fruot. i, 214, t. 45, f. 3. Aiton, Hort. Kew. ii, 34 ; 2 ed. ii, 421. Lamarck, IlL 11, 445, t. 316, f. 2. Willdenow, 

 Spec, ii, 457; Ennm. 431. Poiret in Lamarck, Diet, vi, 61. Persoon, Syn. i, 442. ^Titford, Hort. Bot. Am. 61. Aiton, Hort. Kew. 

 2 ed. ii, 421. Sprengel, Syst. ii, 252. Descourtilz, Fl. Antilles, ii, 41, t. 77. Bot. Mag. t. 3130. Bafinesque, Fl. Tellnriana, ii, 

 34. Spach, Hist. Veg. x, 542. Dietrich, Syn. Fl. ii, 1326. Nnttall, Sylva, iii, 23, t. 88; 2 ed. ii, 93, t. 88. Carson, Med. Bot. ii, 

 21, t. 67. Meisner in De CandoUe, Prodr. xiv, 152; Bot. Brasil, v', 42. Cooper in Smithsonian Eep. 1858, 265. Chapman, Fl. S. 

 States, 391. Porcher, Eesonrces S. Forests, 376. Grisebach, Fl. British West Indies, 161. 



Polygonum uvifera, Liunteus, Spec, l e<l. 3G5. 



SEA GRAPE. 



Semi-tropical Florida, Mosquito inlet to the southern keys, west coast, Tampa bay to cape Sable; through the 

 West Indies to Brazil. 



A low tree, rarely exceeding in Florida 4 meters in height, with a gnarled and contorted trunk often 0.90 to 

 1.20 meter in diameter, or reduced to a low, generally prostrate shrub; saline shores and beaches; common. 



West Indian forms, diifering in the shape of the leaves, etc., are 



var. ovalifolia, Meisnor, l. o. 



var, Lceganensis, Meisner, I. c. 



G, Lcegancnsis, Jacquin, Amer. 113, t. 178, f. 33. 



Wood very heavy, hard, very close-grained, inclined to check in drying, susceptible of a beautiful polish, 

 containing few scattered, rather small, open ducts; layers of annual growth and numerous medullary rays hardly 

 distinguishable; color, rich dark brown or violet, the sap-wood lighter; specific gravity, 0.9635; ash, 1.37; valuable 

 for cabinet-making. 



The edible fruit of agreeable subacid flavor. 



LAURACE^. 



215. Persea Carolinensis, Nees, 



Syst. Laarinamm, 150. Spach, Hist. Veg. x, 492. Dietrich, Syn. ii, 1339. Cooper in Smithsonian Eep. 1858, 254. Chapman, Fl. S. 

 States, 63. Curtis in Eep. Geological Snrv. N. Carolina, 1860, iii, 63. Wood, CI. Book, 620; Bot. & Fl. 290. Meisner in De 

 CandoUe, Prodr. xv', 50. Gray, Manual N. States, 5 ed. 422 ; Hall's PI. Texas, 473. Young, Bot. Texas, 473. Yasey, Cat. Forest 

 Trees, 21. 



Laurus Borbonia, Linnaeus, Spec. 1 ed. 370, in part. Marshall, Arbustum, 73. Walter, Fl. Caroliniana, 133. Aiton, 

 llort. Kew. ii, 39; 2 ed. ii, 429. Lamarck, Diet, iii, 450. Willdenow, Spec, ii, 481. Desfoutaines, Hist. Arb. i,65. 

 Nouveau Dnhamel, ii, 163. 



Laurus Carolinensis, Catesby, Carol, i, 63, t. 63. Michaux, Fl. Bor.-Am. i, 245. Persoon, Syn. i, 449. Desfoutaines, 

 Hist. Arb. i, 65. Poiret, Suppl. iii, 321. Willdenow, Euum. Suppl. 22. Michaux f. Hist. Arb. Am. iii, 180, t. 2 ; 

 N. American Sylva, 3 ed. ii, 116, t. 82. Pnrsh, Fl. Am. Sept. i, 276. Elliott, Sk. i, 461. Sprengel, Syst. ii, 665. 

 Torrey, Compend. Fl.N. States, 174. Beck. Bot. 305. Eaton, Manual, 6ed. 199. Loudon, Aboretum, iii, 1299, f. 1168, 

 1169. Eaton & Wright, Bot. 293. Browne, Trees of America, 414. Darby, Bot. S. States, 491. Schnizlein, Icon. t. 

 106, f. .5-12. 



Laurus Carolinensis, var. glabra, Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. i, 276. 



Laurus Carolinensis, var. obtusa, Pnrsh, Fl. Am. Sept. i, 276. 



Laurus Caroliniaiia, Poiret, Suppl. iii, 323. Nnttall, Genera, i, 258. 



P. Borbonia, Sprengel, Syst. ii, 268. 



P. Carolinensis,\aT. glabritiscula, Meisner in De CandoUe, Prodr. xv', 51. 



BED BAY. 



Southern Delaware?, south to bay Biscayne and cape Eoraano, Florida, and through the Gulf states to 

 Bonthern Arkansas and the valley of the Trinity river, Texas, near the coast. 



A tree 15 to 20 meters in height, with a trunk 0.60 to 0.90 meter in diameter ; borders of streams and swamps, 

 in low, rich soil. 



Wood heavj', hard, very strong, brittle, very close-grained, compact, susceptible of a beautiful polish, 

 containing many evenly-distributed open ducts; medullary rays numerous, thin ; color, bright red, the sap-wood 

 much lighter; specific gravity, 0.6429; ash, 0.76; formerly somewhat used in ship-building, interior finish, and for 

 cabinet work. 



